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(No Model.)

W. I. PAGE.

METALLIC PAGKING.

No. 432,327. Patented July 15, 1890.

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\VILLIAM I. PAGE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF FORTY-NINE ONE-IIUNDREDTHS TO FRED. M. WVHITE, OF'SAME PLACE.

METALLIC PACKING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,327, dated July 15, 1890. Application filed April 7, 1890. Serial No. 346,824. (No model.)

To all whom it y 007%067'! solid ring-packing which. shall be capable of Beitknown that I, WILLIAM I. PAGE, aciticompression about the rod or shaft upon zen of the United States, residing at Boston, which it is applied in order to compensate for in the county of Suffolk and State of Massathe wear, or in case it should become neceschusetts, have invented certain new and usesary to render thejointtight against increased 55 ful Improvements in Metallic Packing; and pressure or for other incidental causes.

I do hereby declare the following to be a full, This packing 2 is composed of some soft clear, and exact description of the invention, metal or alloy, such as is used for bearings, such as will enable others skilled in the art to and commonly termed babbitt. Its con- 1a which it appertains to make and use the same, struction is as follows: In general shape it is a 60 reference beinghadto theaccompanyingdrawhollow cylinder, the internal diameter being in gs, and to figures of reference marked theresuch as to fit the rod or valve-stem about on, which form a part of this specification. which it is to be applied. The exterior sur- This invention relates to improvements in face of this packing is formed with alternate metallic packing to be used on valve-stems, annular ribs 3 and grooves 4:. The cross-sec- 6 piston-rods, or in similar locations where a tion of the latter are U-shaped, preferably steam, water, or gas tight joint is required. oval or circular at the bottom, and cut of such The object of my invention is to produce a a depth as to leave a thin web 5 of metal, solid packing which is to be capable of takwhich interconnects the two adjacent ribs or' ing up wear and enabling the joint to be kept rings 3. The purpose of such construction is 70 tight simply by advancing the adj ust-ingto present the weakest portion of the web 5 gland. centrally between the ribs; hence when press- My invention, in brief, consists of a single ure is brought upon the packing 2 said rings I piece of babbitt or other suit-able metal cast are forced together, and the metal forming the or otherwise formed, as follows: A short cylweb is thrust against the rod or valve-stem. 75 inder is bored lengthwise or cast with a diam- In this way a fresh packing-surface is preeter to fit the rod or valve-stein, while upon sented,which compensates for wear and mainits exterior surface is cut or otherwise protains the joint tight. duced a series of annular grooves which ex- These packing-pieces 2 are adapted for tend some distance into the body of the metal, multiplication upon a rod, in which event their 80 thereby reducing or crippling the metal at ends are tapered or of conical shape, while that point. Then this integral ring is subthe contiguous ends are termed, respectively, jected to pressure, the metal at the bottom of male and female. This construction is the grooves or at the weakest portion yields shown in Fig. 2,where the male end 6 is shown and is thrust inwardly upon the rod. Thus as fitting tightly to the rod, while the female 85 r the enlargement of the bore of the packing 7 is slightly flared at this point and adapted consequent upon Wear iscompensated for and to receive the male end, the latter crowding fresh metal is supplied. In this way a solid between it and the rod. In connection therepacking-ring can be made which has all the with I employ a compression-ring S of some advantages of packings possessing elastic or hard metal, which is reversely tapered in- 90 yielding characteristics after the manner of teriorly to coincide with the tapered ends of fibrous packing in general use. the packing-pieces 2. At the meeting of the The drawings represent, in Figure 1, a secsaid tapers a flat surface is created which is tional elevation of a metallic packing emadapted to prevent the metal of the packing bodying my. invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional from spreading outwardly when pressure is 5 view showing the packing adapted for multiexerted against the opposite ends of the said plication. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of packing-pieces. Thus when the gland forces a packing-piece after compression. Fig. 4 is said piecestogether the metal'composing them a perspective view of the compression-ring. and located beneath the compression-ring is The obj cct of my invention-is to produce a only thrust the more forcibly against the rod.

By such arrangement the required packingsurface may be made of any extent and continuous along the rod.

Having thus created several of the packingpieces 2, I proceed as follows: To the end of a steanrchest or cylinder-head 9 (shown in part, Fig. 1) I securea packing-case 10, separably united with a flanged base 12, rigidly bolted to said steam-chest. The interior central portion of said base is dished or concave and adapted to receive a bearing-plate 13, which is coincident in curvature with the concave portion of the base. The bore both of the base and that of the bearing-plate are of larger diameter than the rod,which thus passes freely through. That portion of the bearing-plate contiguous to the packing2 is preferably cut away or flared to receive the tapered end of such packing, pressure from the gland at the opposite end serving to crowd the soft-metal packing snugly about the red. A packingpiece 2 is now passed over the rod 15, a compression-rin follows, and then a second packing-piece. Finally the follower ll is added, and the gland 16 is then positioned, engaging with the outer end of the casing 10. The gland is now screwed down until the desired pressure upon the rod is obtained.

It is to be observed that the follower 11 is adapted to receive the tapered en (1 of the packing contiguous thereto after the manner of the bearing-plate, while the bores of both follower and gland exceed the diameter of the rod to permit of lateral divergence of the reciprocating rod, should such occur.

Vhat I claim is I 1. A metallic packing-ring provided with outwardly-tapering ends and an intermediate cylindrical part, grooves and ribs beinglormed alternately therein, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a packing-case, an adjustable gland, and a reciprocatil'ig rod with a metallic packing having its ends tapered outward and an intervening cylindrical portion in which alternating grooves and ribs are formed, substantially as set forth.

The combination, with apacking-case 10, its adjustable gland 14, the bearing-plate 12,

and a follower 13, of two or more packingrings 2, provided with alternate annular ribs and grooves, the contiguous ends being tapered and adapted to engage, as setforth, and a compression-ring S, of some hard metal, clasping the joint produced by the contact of said ends, substantially as stated.

l. Two or more packing-pieces, each composed of ahollow continuous cylinder of some soft metal and exterior-1y formed with alternate annular ribs and grooves, combined with a compression-ring of some hard metal overlapping the contiguous ends of said pieces and covering the joint at this point, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM I. PAGE.

\Vitnesses:

H. E. LODGE, FRANCIS C. STANWOOD. 

